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Food and Drink

07/27/2013

We bought this beautiful melon at the farmer's market a few weekends ago. It's a Gaya melon and they're from Japan. It's sweet, and very beautiful, as you can see. We eat melons all summer, they make you feel cooler, and it's good to eat food that's mostly water when you're hot.

They call this an ivory Gaya, there are yellow ones too. They're crisp. It was a surprise, I'm used to watermelon and cantaloupe that are soft. The skin was white with green specks like confetti. They're very thin skinned, and when we were done eating it the light shone through like fine eggshell porcelain.

It was a real treat and I'm hoping to find another one before the summer is over.